8th Art of Record Production Conference

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The 8th Art of Record Production Conference

July 12th - 14th 2013

Université Laval, Québec

Rewriting The Rules Of Production

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Hosted by:

Gérald Côté, Serge Lacasse and Sophie Stévance

Keynote Speaker:

André Perry

André Perry’s career path journeyed from Jazz and studio musician and author/composer, to recording engineer, record producer and studio designer/owner. He was also marketing consultant to retail chains.

The scope of his music productions spanned from a diversity of projects, comprising of an international of artists as well as film sound tracks and ballet compositions.

Perry produced ‘The Music of the Ceremonies of the 1976 Olympic Games’, Wilson Pickett’s last album ‘I Want You’, and John Lennon’s ‘Give Peace A Chance’ which stands out as the most enduring.

In 1974, Perry conceived and designed his third and most famous recording facility, LE STUDIO (Morin Heights) which he operated with his life and business partner Yaël Brandeis until 1989.

Tucked away from the established music centers, Le Studio Morin Heights, the first sophisticated ‘environmental recording studio’, was built using a revolutionary concept, blending creativity with innovative technology. It quickly became renowned for its refinement and for the nurturing of its clientele – the exclusive international club of the era’s finest musicians and artists which includes ASIA, Bryan Adams, the Bee Gees, David Bowie, Cat Stevens, Chicago, Julien Clerc, Roberta Flack, Corey Hart, Ian Hunter, Catherine Lara, Nazareth, The Police, Keith Richards, Rush, Sting, amongs many others. The duration of the recording session sometimes lasted several months and the groups and the studio staff became united in their efforts to create“The 5 minutes of Magic”.

In 1982, Perry expanded into video post- production and the facility grew into a state-of-the-art computer graphic and video editing complex, with satellite studios in Washington DC and San José, Ca.

In 1986 Le Studio and André Perry Video made a public offering on the Montreal Stock Exchange, changing the name to Group André Perry Inc.

Since his departure from Le Studio, Perry has lent his expertise to various projects ranging from consulting services to recording studios, to the development of musical software, to being one of the architects of the Synthphonika Orchestra with François Dompierre.

André Perry is presently President and founding partner of Fidelio Technologies Inc. The company has developed 2xHD, a proprietary system for the transformation of analogue and digital music masters into a high resolution DXD and DSD formats for downloading on HD audio sites around the world. Fidelio Technologies also acts as a download licensee for various labels.